Jed York wished for this, constructed it, and landed Super Bowl 50 for this coming February, which should”ve set up 2015 as the jewel season of his 49ers reign.

The stadium is in its second year. The York family fortune is guaranteed. Here comes the Super Bowl.

What an epic moment.

Back in July 2014, when Levi”s opened, the franchise had a marquee coach, was loaded with talent and brimming with recent success, and York”s NFL coronation seemed relatively within reach.

What possibly could go wrong?

If the 49ers CEO could get Levi”s built — the first totally new major football stadium in California in decades — what could possibly stop him and his team from doing anything else they wanted?

But 18 months after the ribbon-cutting and six months before the Super Bowl, the Santa Clara stadium feels and occasionally looks like an increasingly empty achievement.

With all the question marks about his football team as it heads into the 2015 season, Levi”s stands as a monolith to Jed York”s greatest accomplishment …

And perhaps the thing that convinced him he could do everything by himself, and inevitably proved that assumption profoundly incorrect.

After last season, York got rid of Jim Harbaugh, the only coach who has produced a winning season since Jed York moved into the front office to take control from his father, John, back in the early 2000s.

In January, Jed York hired his longtime favorite 49ers assistant, Jim Tomsula, to take over for Harbaugh, and then came the deluge, possibly none of it directly related to anything the Yorks did, but still adding up to the worst offseason franchise drain in Bay Area sports history.

During training camp, gone via release after his third DUI arrest: Aldon Smith.

That”s three or four potential Hall of Famers and all very, very productive players.

For 2015, that litany of losses has to be absorbed without knowing if the unproven Tomsula and his staff are good enough to lead a team to the playoffs.

It”s all unclear, but generally, this looks like potentially the greatest single-season franchise free-fall in modern sports history.

Other Bay Area contenders:

For the Warriors, that was the start of an incredible 12 consecutive seasons without making the playoffs.

That was the second of a run of 12 seasons when the A”s only made the playoffs once (in 1981).

That began what is now a 12-season stint without making the playoffs.

Before the 2003 season, John York hired Dennis Erickson, starting a run of eight consecutive campaigns without a playoff berth.

Which only ended when Jed York hired Harbaugh in 2011.

Well, now.

A point: None of the four previous examples had a new stadium to supply great gushers of cash.

That”s the unique angle to the current 49ers” situation — by making his own situation better, Jed York seems to have worsened every other bit of his franchise.

And even then, the stadium itself has problems, starting with a grass field they just can”t get right (after four tries in the inaugural season and one failed attempt so far this summer, with several more attempts to come).

Also, fans on the east side of the stadium were blasted by the sun throughout the inaugural season, a situation that seems unfixable for day games and that drove thousands out of their seats and into the shade after halftime last season.

Did the Yorks take some shortcuts on their way to their $1.3 billion palace?

OK, yes, when the Super Bowl arrives in February, the moment still will showcase York”s structural accomplishment, and his family will still be raking in the revenue.

It took a lot of gumption and financial wizardry to turn a whimsical idea into the gleaming white-and-red stadium near Great America.

But when all eyes turn to Levi”s this February, it could — and probably will — highlight the erosion and delusion inside the Levi”s Fortress.

If the 49ers stumble this season, there”s every reason to doubt the entirety of York”s vision and his ability to get his team back to where it was under Harbaugh.

Basically, York has one season to get this all back in line and redefine his tenure after he thought he had defined it by building Levi”s and building up the 49ers” roster.

Or else the 49ers will be headed in the wrong direction, which was not the plan for Jed York at all.

For instance: There have been whispers for years that York has been considering using the Levi”s experience as a springboard into California politics.

It”s no secret that state power-broker Michael Rossi — a 49ers “senior adviser” — is among York”s innermost circle.

But Jed York can”t credibly step into the political realm if the 49ers are a local and national embarrassment, which circles back to Levi”s Stadium.

It”s everything the Yorks are capable of doing.

And it represents the accumulation of failures and shortcuts that threaten to send the franchise back to the bottom of the standings.

The bank account and sightlines are different. The rest of it seems so familiar.

Jed York wished for this, constructed it, and landed Super Bowl 50 for this coming February, which should”ve set up 2015 as the jewel season of his 49ers reign.

The stadium is in its second year. The York family fortune is guaranteed. Here comes the Super Bowl.

What an epic moment.

Back in July 2014, when Levi”s opened, the franchise had a marquee coach, was loaded with talent and brimming with recent success, and York”s NFL coronation seemed relatively within reach.

What possibly could go wrong?

If the 49ers CEO could get Levi”s built — the first totally new major football stadium in California in decades — what could possibly stop him and his team from doing anything else they wanted?

But 18 months after the ribbon-cutting and six months before the Super Bowl, the Santa Clara stadium feels and occasionally looks like an increasingly empty achievement.

With all the question marks about his football team as it heads into the 2015 season, Levi”s stands as a monolith to Jed York”s greatest accomplishment …

And perhaps the thing that convinced him he could do everything by himself, and inevitably proved that assumption profoundly incorrect.

After last season, York got rid of Jim Harbaugh, the only coach who has produced a winning season since Jed York moved into the front office to take control from his father, John, back in the early 2000s.

In January, Jed York hired his longtime favorite 49ers assistant, Jim Tomsula, to take over for Harbaugh, and then came the deluge, possibly none of it directly related to anything the Yorks did, but still adding up to the worst offseason franchise drain in Bay Area sports history.

During training camp, gone via release after his third DUI arrest: Aldon Smith.

That”s three or four potential Hall of Famers and all very, very productive players.

For 2015, that litany of losses has to be absorbed without knowing if the unproven Tomsula and his staff are good enough to lead a team to the playoffs.

It”s all unclear, but generally, this looks like potentially the greatest single-season franchise free-fall in modern sports history.

Other Bay Area contenders:

For the Warriors, that was the start of an incredible 12 consecutive seasons without making the playoffs.

That was the second of a run of 12 seasons when the A”s only made the playoffs once (in 1981).

That began what is now a 12-season stint without making the playoffs.

Before the 2003 season, John York hired Dennis Erickson, starting a run of eight consecutive campaigns without a playoff berth.

Which only ended when Jed York hired Harbaugh in 2011.

Well, now.

A point: None of the four previous examples had a new stadium to supply great gushers of cash.

That”s the unique angle to the current 49ers” situation — by making his own situation better, Jed York seems to have worsened every other bit of his franchise.

And even then, the stadium itself has problems, starting with a grass field they just can”t get right (after four tries in the inaugural season and one failed attempt so far this summer, with several more attempts to come).

Also, fans on the east side of the stadium were blasted by the sun throughout the inaugural season, a situation that seems unfixable for day games and that drove thousands out of their seats and into the shade after halftime last season.

Did the Yorks take some shortcuts on their way to their $1.3 billion palace?

OK, yes, when the Super Bowl arrives in February, the moment still will showcase York”s structural accomplishment, and his family will still be raking in the revenue.

It took a lot of gumption and financial wizardry to turn a whimsical idea into the gleaming white-and-red stadium near Great America.

But when all eyes turn to Levi”s this February, it could — and probably will — highlight the erosion and delusion inside the Levi”s Fortress.

If the 49ers stumble this season, there”s every reason to doubt the entirety of York”s vision and his ability to get his team back to where it was under Harbaugh.

Basically, York has one season to get this all back in line and redefine his tenure after he thought he had defined it by building Levi”s and building up the 49ers” roster.

Or else the 49ers will be headed in the wrong direction, which was not the plan for Jed York at all.

For instance: There have been whispers for years that York has been considering using the Levi”s experience as a springboard into California politics.

It”s no secret that state power-broker Michael Rossi — a 49ers “senior adviser” — is among York”s innermost circle.

But Jed York can”t credibly step into the political realm if the 49ers are a local and national embarrassment, which circles back to Levi”s Stadium.

It”s everything the Yorks are capable of doing.

And it represents the accumulation of failures and shortcuts that threaten to send the franchise back to the bottom of the standings.

The bank account and sightlines are different. The rest of it seems so familiar.

Jed York wished for this, constructed it, and landed Super Bowl 50 for this coming February, which should”ve set up 2015 as the jewel season of his 49ers reign.

The stadium is in its second year. The York family fortune is guaranteed. Here comes the Super Bowl.

What an epic moment.

Back in July 2014, when Levi”s opened, the franchise had a marquee coach, was loaded with talent and brimming with recent success, and York”s NFL coronation seemed relatively within reach.

What possibly could go wrong?

If the 49ers CEO could get Levi”s built — the first totally new major football stadium in California in decades — what could possibly stop him and his team from doing anything else they wanted?

But 18 months after the ribbon-cutting and six months before the Super Bowl, the Santa Clara stadium feels and occasionally looks like an increasingly empty achievement.

With all the question marks about his football team as it heads into the 2015 season, Levi”s stands as a monolith to Jed York”s greatest accomplishment …

And perhaps the thing that convinced him he could do everything by himself, and inevitably proved that assumption profoundly incorrect.

After last season, York got rid of Jim Harbaugh, the only coach who has produced a winning season since Jed York moved into the front office to take control from his father, John, back in the early 2000s.

In January, Jed York hired his longtime favorite 49ers assistant, Jim Tomsula, to take over for Harbaugh, and then came the deluge, possibly none of it directly related to anything the Yorks did, but still adding up to the worst offseason franchise drain in Bay Area sports history.

During training camp, gone via release after his third DUI arrest: Aldon Smith.

That”s three or four potential Hall of Famers and all very, very productive players.

For 2015, that litany of losses has to be absorbed without knowing if the unproven Tomsula and his staff are good enough to lead a team to the playoffs.

It”s all unclear, but generally, this looks like potentially the greatest single-season franchise free-fall in modern sports history.

Other Bay Area contenders:

For the Warriors, that was the start of an incredible 12 consecutive seasons without making the playoffs.

That was the second of a run of 12 seasons when the A”s only made the playoffs once (in 1981).

That began what is now a 12-season stint without making the playoffs.

Before the 2003 season, John York hired Dennis Erickson, starting a run of eight consecutive campaigns without a playoff berth.

Which only ended when Jed York hired Harbaugh in 2011.

Well, now.

A point: None of the four previous examples had a new stadium to supply great gushers of cash.

That”s the unique angle to the current 49ers” situation — by making his own situation better, Jed York seems to have worsened every other bit of his franchise.

And even then, the stadium itself has problems, starting with a grass field they just can”t get right (after four tries in the inaugural season and one failed attempt so far this summer, with several more attempts to come).

Also, fans on the east side of the stadium were blasted by the sun throughout the inaugural season, a situation that seems unfixable for day games and that drove thousands out of their seats and into the shade after halftime last season.

Did the Yorks take some shortcuts on their way to their $1.3 billion palace?

OK, yes, when the Super Bowl arrives in February, the moment still will showcase York”s structural accomplishment, and his family will still be raking in the revenue.

It took a lot of gumption and financial wizardry to turn a whimsical idea into the gleaming white-and-red stadium near Great America.

But when all eyes turn to Levi”s this February, it could — and probably will — highlight the erosion and delusion inside the Levi”s Fortress.

If the 49ers stumble this season, there”s every reason to doubt the entirety of York”s vision and his ability to get his team back to where it was under Harbaugh.

Basically, York has one season to get this all back in line and redefine his tenure after he thought he had defined it by building Levi”s and building up the 49ers” roster.

Or else the 49ers will be headed in the wrong direction, which was not the plan for Jed York at all.

For instance: There have been whispers for years that York has been considering using the Levi”s experience as a springboard into California politics.

It”s no secret that state power-broker Michael Rossi — a 49ers “senior adviser” — is among York”s innermost circle.

But Jed York can”t credibly step into the political realm if the 49ers are a local and national embarrassment, which circles back to Levi”s Stadium.

It”s everything the Yorks are capable of doing.

And it represents the accumulation of failures and shortcuts that threaten to send the franchise back to the bottom of the standings.

The bank account and sightlines are different. The rest of it seems so familiar.